Cheap Fuel Debate Prompts Coal Rate Reforms
The article discusses coal price pressures as producers seek higher profits and warns that Supreme Court support for the maximum coal rate law could cut freight rates about 30 percent. It notes current rates, regional price disparities, and steps toward lignite market expansion including briquetting and moisture reduction. It profiles Mr. Powell, a respected North Dakota business figure, his family, and his career across several states.
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Peoria
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago & Alton
Middletown
Chicago
Funeral of D. A. Powell Held at Home
Funeral services for D. A. Powell were conducted Friday at 2 p.m. by Rev. F. S. Hollett of the M E church. Music and a comforting sermon followed from the text God is Love. Masons then cared for the body and laid him to rest in Williston cemetery. Powell was born July 1, 1850, and died March 16.
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D. A. Powell
F. S. Hollett
M. E. Church
God
Williston
Free piano purchase offer with lessons and guarantee
W. J. Champion at 24 West Broadway advertises free twenty dollars worth of music lessons with any Bush and Lane piano bought within sixty days. The instrument is promoted as the best on the market and comes with a twenty year guarantee.
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Bush and Lane
W. J. Champion
West Broadway
Gift of $20,000 Library Proposed for Williston
Mrs D Willis James and son Arthur Burtiss James of New York gift a $20 000 library and auditorium to Williston to honor the late D Willis James. A library tax of up to four tenths of a cent per dollar will fund maintenance, with the Woman's Civic League as agent urging voters to approve it at the April 5 1910 election.
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Monihs
Williston
D. Willis James
Arthur Burtiss James
New York City
Woman's Civic League
North Dakota
W. C. Lynch
LeRoy Srrn
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Asbury’s
Monroe Bros
Just South Court House
Watt Fo
Stenehjem & Husebye, Agt
MN. D
Eagle
Wyoming County
New York State
Mary L. Metcalf
Powell
Kansas
Tacoma
Washington
Omaha
Nebraska
Cass County
McKenzie County
Upper Main Street
Ray
Singer Factory
Nick
N.D
William and McKenzie Cousti
Round Oak Chief
Chief Steel Range
Stenehjem & Husebye
Williston, North Dakota
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